Ticket-holder.



H. P. IPSEN.

TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8,1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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HENRIK PETER IPSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Serial No. 695,841.

\ Application filed May 8, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, HENRIK P. IPsEN, a subject of the King of Denmark, and a resident of the city ofNew York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Im proved Ticket-Hlder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in ticket holders, and has for an objectto provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device which will inclose the tickets for protecting the same, but which may be readily ejected, one ticket at a time whenever desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a ticket vender with a pivotally mounted thumb operated member which is adapted to bodily reciprocate in order to engage a ticket and move the same longitudinally out of the discharge opening 1n the holder.

In carrying out the objects of the invention, a housing isprovided designed to be of such a size as to properly hold tickets. This housing is formed with aslot through which tickets are forced when being dispensed or removed, and with a pivotally mounted back which acts asa door. This back is formed with a spring designed to normally press the tickets against one side of the holder for permitting the tickets to be forced through the discharge opening or slot. A pivotally mounted and reciprocating thumb operated member is also provided which is operated from the exterior of the holder and which engages and moves the tickets in the holder longitudinally therefrom out of the discharge slot.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, certain part-s being broken away for better illustrating the construction; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through Fig. 2 on the line 3 3; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the thumb operated feed member.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a body formed preferably out of pressed metal whereby the sides and ends are 'formed integral with the top. In forming the body or housing 1, a slot-2 is stamped or pressed therein of a size to permit a ticket to be freely passed therethrough, but sufliciently narrow to prevent more than one ticket from passing through at a time. By stamping or pressing out the slot 2 an exact width may be produced and also any desired length of slot may be presented. The housing 1 is provided with a hinged bottom 3 having one end turned over for forming a catch 1 designed to snap into a depressed portion 5 of the end 6 of the housing 1. A spring 7 is riveted or otherwise secured at 8 to the bottom 3. The spring 7 is formed preferably comparatively narrow at its securing point 8, but widens at the point 9 until the same extends, for substantially the full width of the housing 1. The normal position of the spring 7 issuchthat the widened end 9 will rest against the top 10. When the,. tickets 11 are placed-in positionand-the bottom 3 closed, the springi'l willof coursebedepressed. It willbeobserved that the spring 7 extends. for slightly less than half the distance of the length. of jthe housing, the

spring being positioned at the end containing the slot 2. r y y Provided in the top 10 is a slot or opening 12 designed to accommodate a thumb operated member 13. The thumb operated member is in effect a pivotally mounted and reciprocating catch designed to engage the tickets 11 successively and successively force the same out the slot 2. The thumb opera-ted member or feed catch 13 is formed with biting edges 14 and 15, and a pair of turned up ears 16 and 17. The edges 14 and 15 are designed to bite into the tickets 11, while the upturned ears 16 and 17 are adapted to fit over the upper edge of the top 10 on the opposite sides of the slot 12. The ears 16 and 17 are bent up a sufficient distance for permitting the member 13 to move pivotally so as to engage properly the tickets 11 when the same entirely fill the housing 1, or to engage a single ticket in the housing 1. A raised portion 18 is provided which projects a short distance above the top 10 when the holder is full of tickets and which is designed to be engaged by the thumb.

In operation the thumb member 19 is pressed for opening the bottom 3, after which the housing 1 is filled with tickets and the bottomclosed, the hook shaped end 14 snapping into the grooved portion 15. The holder is then in propercondition for use. When it is desired to remove a ticket from the holder the thumb member 18 is pressed downwardly and forwardly which will cause the biting edges to engage the uppermost ticket and move the same longitu-.

dinally out of the slot 2, the spring 7 forcing one end of the tickets against the under surface of the top 10 which is flush with one edge of the slot '2. If it is desired to force the second ticket from the holder, the member 13 is moved in a reverse direction to the positionshown in Fig. 2, and then the original operation is repeated, the reverse movement of the member 13 merely causing the bit-ing edges '14 and 15 to slip over the tickets. It will be noted that the initial downward pressure against the biting edges 14 and 15 is not against the spring 7, but against the bottom 3, so that the spring 7 will not be moved out of its correct position. It will also be observed that the spring 7 holds only one end of the tickets elevated and when the biting edges 14 and 15 have once engaged the tickets the downward pressure may be relaxed almost entirely,

while the forward movement is continued,

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A ticket holder comprising a housing formed with a ticket dischargeslot in one end, a spring holding one end-of the tickets opposite said slot,and a pivotally mounted bodily reciprocating catch adapted to engage and force said tickets through said slot, said feeding catch comp-rising a plate arranged so that part of the same will engage the under surface of the top of said housing, said plate having a bent ear on each side thereof overlapping and engaging the outer surface of the top of said housing and acting as a combined hinge and guide, said plate having guiding portions arranged opposite said ears whereby the same is designed to engage said tickets for forcing the same out of said slot.

2. A ticket holder comprising a housing formed with a slot in one end and a slot in the top, means for guiding tickets to the slot in the end, a feeding catch for feeding tickets through the slot in the end of the 7 housing, said feeding catch comprising a plate and end portions having a raised thumb engaging portion projecting through said slot, said end portions projecting beneath the top on each side of the slot, said end portions being formed with biting edges at the front, and a pair of bent up ears extending through said slot and overlapping the upper edge of said top for defining combined hin es and guiding members whereby the feed a pivotal and reciproca-tory movement.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses;

H NRIK PETER IPSEN;

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. COLSEY, FRED. P; LUM.

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